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What's going on with the siege of the former president of Brazil

4hw.com.cn: on April 7, 2018 local time, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, former President Lula of Brazil left the labor union for the airport, where supporters surrounded the scene. Lula held a memorial mass for his wife Marissa at the headquarters of metallurgical workers' Union on the same day.

Brazil's former President Lula said Thursday that he will report to the federal police in Curitiba and serve his sentence at the request of federal judge Moro, but insisted he was' innocent 'and said he would prove his' innocence'. Lula appeared in public for the first time more than 40 hours after Brazil's federal judge Mauro issued an arrest warrant. At about 11:20 am on the 7th, Lula delivered a public speech to thousands of supporters in front of the headquarters building of Sao Paulo steelworkers' Union. In his speech, he said, 'I will report to the federal police and prove that I am innocent. I'm not hiding. I'll carry out my arrest warrant. 'Lula insisted in his speech that he was not guilty and once again denied that Brazilian federal judge Moro had convicted him of corruption. He said, 'Moro is lying, and I asked him for evidence of my guilt. "After the speech, Lula walked back to the union headquarters building, surrounded by many supporters.

Former president Rousseff of Brazil, President of the Brazilian Labor Party Hoffman and other leaders of the Labor Party delivered speeches for Lula. Lula insisted in his speech that he was not guilty, denying once again that Brazilian federal judge Mauro had convicted him of corruption. He said, 'Moro is lying, and I asked him for evidence of my guilt. "After the speech, Lula walked back to the union headquarters building, surrounded by many supporters. Former president Rousseff of Brazil, President of the Brazilian Labor Party Hoffman and other leaders of the Labor Party delivered speeches for Lula. Prior to that, Lula was elected as a candidate for the 2018 general election of the labor party. According to many polls, Lula's support rate has been in the leading position. According to Brazil's clean files law, Lula will not be able to participate in the presidential election once he is jailed and serving his sentence. "Lula's exit will make Brazil's election situation very confusing, and Brazil will usher in the most uncertain election in the past decade. '

In a large-scale anti-corruption investigation launched in 2014, Brazilian judicial authorities determined that many important figures in politics, including Lula, were related to the corruption case of state-owned Petrobras. On July 12 last year, Lula was convicted of corruption and money laundering by Brazilian federal judge Moro I and sentenced to nine years and six months in prison. On January 24 this year, the second instance of the Brazilian Federal District Court upheld the charges of the first trial and increased the sentence to 12 years and one month. After the second trial, Lula's defense team applied to the Federal Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus. In the early hours of April 5, 11 judges of the Federal Supreme Court voted 6-5 to decide not to support the habeas corpus order and approve Lula to serve his sentence in prison.